Friday 26 June 2015

Lawnscaping Blog Hop: Lawnscaping + Caffeine = Happiness

Hello crafty friends!

Welcome to the Lawnscaping June Blog Hop!!


You should have arrived here from Jennie M.'s blog. But if you are here first, not to worry! You will find the entire hop list towards the end of the post. Or, start from the beginning at Lawnscaping Challenges blog for more information.

Our blog hop theme this time is Coffee!! So here is my card. As I love interactive cards, I decided to create a shaker card!
I used the "watercolor smooshing" technique to create the pale blue background. This is a fun technique as you never know what it will turn out to look like. For the coffee rings, I literally used my daughter's plastic cup and dipped it in a watery brown ink puddle, then 'stamped' onto the water colour paper. They turned out better than I expected. ^_^
For this card, I used Summertime Charm stamp and die (for the jar), Love You A Latte stamp set (for cups, spoon, steam, coffee beans in jar and hearts next to the sentiment), Claire's ABCs (for the words "Brewin' Up") and Joy to the Woods stamp and die (for the hearts in jar). All stamps and dies are from Lawn Fawn. The "Birthday wishes" stamp is the only non Lawn Fawn stamp. It is from Holly Hobbie - Nature Walk stamp set. 

This jar is full of 'goodies'. It's a jar full of coffee beans, hearts, stars and shamrocks! (Can you spot them all?!) It is ready to brew up birthday wishes full of love and luck!
I also added Glossy Accents on the coffee inside the cup/ mug, it just gives them that liquid look. Gosh! I can almost smell that coffee. Feel I could just drink a cup of coffee now. I don't drink a lot of coffee, but I sure do love the smell and everything that is coffee flavoured. Such as: coffee cake, coffee ice cream, coffee flavoured chocolate, coffee yoghurt etc. Well, I do hope you have your coffee or your favourite beverage in hand and are ready to continue with this brilliant blog hop.

Before I send you off to the next blog, I should tell you the details of the PRIZES!! Leave a unique comment on this blog post for a chance to win. (No copy and pasting!!) There are lots of sponsors and lots of prizes up for grabs. Sponsors include: Lawn FawnEllen HutsonThe Ink Road, Crafters CompanionSpectrum NoirThe Alley Way StampsNewtons NookFaber Castell and Right at Home!
Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. So, ensure you leave comments along the way. Comments must be left by 11:59pm EST on June 28th 2015. Winners will be announced on the Lawnscaping blog next week. Good luck!

I hope you like my card!! Your next stop on the hop is the lovely Ellen. Happy Hopping!
Thank you for stopping by!

*If you encounter any errors along the hop, please email Laurel directly at laurelbeard at me dot com. Please do not leave them in the comments.

86 comments:

  1. What an adorable shaker card! I love all the goodies you created to put inside the shaker. Very clever idea using the cup to create your coffee stain look!

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  2. I think your card is the best one yet on the hop! I love the shaker - great stuff inside! Love the coffee rings, everything about your card is so, well, perfect!!!

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  3. I love the shaker with the beans! So innovative! And those coffee ring stains, very clever! They really finish of the card nicely!

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  4. What a nice shaker card!! I love the coffee inside and your colouring for the tiny stamps is gorgeous!

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  5. super cute love the beans in the shaker. it's something i would do too

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  6. What a clever, clever birthday card! Love the shaker element, the way you created the coffee rings and that awesome sentiment!

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  7. I am in love with shaker..and thanks fot the fabulous idea for the next project..Great card!

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  8. oh this is so unique!! Love this original window for the shaker card! :)

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  9. how sweet Julie! I love the shaker!

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  10. Super cute shaker with a lot of fun bits inside...the coffee beans are so fun! Your coffee rings really did turn out awesome too!!

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  11. ACK!!!! beans in the shaker??? TOO DARN CUTE!!

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  12. I love the coffee mug marks & your shaker is perfect!!! That's so smart to do :)

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  13. I love the shaker cards and your card is very awesome!!! I love it!!!"The beans of coffee inside are fabulous!!! ;)

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  14. Oh my this is such a fun shaker design!! Love how you've added the mason jar for the shaker component and the coffee cup rings finish it off nicely too! :)

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  15. Oh the coffee rings are awesome! Everything matches so well on your card - I'm fascinated! :)

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  16. This piece of work is really something special! Don't even know what to begin with:) Paper smooshing - love it, the pale blue goes perfectly with the coffee rings. As for the rings, gosh ... my first thought was "I really need to buy such kind of stamps." and then I was totally surprised when they turned out to be just prints of a plastic cup:) And I guess the coffee with Glossy Accents inside the mugs just won me over. It really looks like there is some liquid in these mugs. All in all, great job and I love every aspect of it!

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  17. Very cute card! I was going to cut out coffee beans too on my sample but didn't. Yours are cute!

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  18. This is so fun! Love the shaker! And the glossy accents on the coffee is perfect! :)

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  19. Your card is so unique, I love it! I like how you used all the different sets, you really put some imagination into this, awesome!!!! (new follower!) :)

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  20. Wonderful, I love your sentiment and the jar is magnificent! I would like a card like that on my birthday.

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  21. GAH! Sooooo cute! Cold Brew Coffee....LOVE it!!!!

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  22. Very lovely shaker card!
    Creative regards from stempelfrida
    http://stempelfrida.blogspot.de

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  23. Shaker cards are my favorite!!!!! I love the water color rings and blue accent on background!

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  24. The sentiment is great and I love the shaker. Such a cute card!

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  25. oh wow! this is an amazing shaker/coffee theme card! i looooove it! SO FUN!

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  26. Now this is amazing! I love the creative touch of adding coffee beans as a shaker card embellishment! That's out of this world cute!!! Such a fun card - and your blog is beautiful, too! TFS!

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  27. So cute. I love how you improvised the coffee cup stains -- I've done that in the past too!

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  28. I like shaker cards and this is adorable

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  29. Any card that has a mason jar on it gets my attention! Love the sentiment and the smiling coffee cups too!!

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  30. Eeek!! Love your shaker!! & your coffee stains & your cute little faces on your mug are fantastic!!!

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  31. Love the coffee bean shakers and the water color background! Very cute!

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  32. What an awesome shaker card! Love the watercoloured background and the addition of the 2 coffee ring stains. Cute!!!

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  33. I love this shaker card idea!! It is really cool having it off to the side rather than right in the middle. And your coffee rings are adorable!

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  34. Such a sweet and cute card ! I really like the shaker part and the water colored background !
    Hugs,
    Mayra
    MayrasDesigns.blogspot.com/

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  35. What a fun shaker card :) A great idea.
    Kate xx

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  36. I love your water coloring and that shaker element is adorable!!! Fabulous and cute card!!!!

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  37. Adorable shaker card. Love the "smooshing" as the background. Thanks for sharing.

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  38. I love the colors and cute faces.

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  39. OMGosh what a great shaker card! Love it.

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  40. Love your fun shaker 'bean' card! Very clever creation.

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  41. What a sweet shaker card! Brilliant! Love those smiley cup stamps!

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  42. This is so cute! I love the jar with the coffee beans, beads and the hearts. Totally adorable!

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  43. Super fun shaker, love the little coffee beans in it.

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  44. Wow love your card. The shaker items are adorable!

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  45. Your shaker card is absolutely sensational! I love all the little coffee beans inside the shaker. Wonderful!
    Lynn

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  46. Like the shaker style. Like the inking.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  47. I love this card

    dlatany at gmail dot com

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  48. Soooo stink'in cute as a shaker card!!!
    Hugs

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  49. I will try your technique for making the coffee rings! Awesome card!

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  50. Shaker card are all the rage and yours is exquisite!! Love all the sparkly bits you've used. Love the faces on your cups, too!!! What a happy card! Very clever to use your daughter's cup to make the coffee rings! ♥

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  51. Love the coffee beans in this awesome shaker card - really cute xx

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  52. so fun shaker! you did a great job! love the card!

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  53. I love your card a lot. What a great idea to use the jar as a shaker !

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  54. I LOOOOVE this shaker card! No wonder, because it reminds me of mine! I think you and I think along the same lines ;) GREAT card!

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  55. This card is my favorite. I just love your mason jar

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  56. So beatiful! I love your card! thanks for the chance to win

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  57. Oh so cute. I love the shaker card elements. I have been wanting to use my lawn fawn stamps and dies to make my own shaker card elements too and just have not done it yet. I think I might do it today. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  58. I love shaker cards and yours is exceptional! The jar lid looks so real, like I could just twist it off the card. <3

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  59. Love this fun little card full of details! What a great idea to use the coffee beans as shaker elements! This blog hop is just wonderful!

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  60. A unique cut for the shaker. Really makes sense to use a jar for your beans and other items. The coffee cups are darling.
    thanks for sharing a wonderful card.

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  61. What an amazing little shaker card! Love those coffee rings behind the mugs and the shaker elements are outstanding!

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  62. Coffee beans & hearts to shake around!!! That's fantastic - I love this card!! Thanks so much for the inspiration! Yours, Steph
    www.CraftedBySteph.blogspot.com

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  63. Love the beans! First time on your blog, but I'll be back!

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  64. This is just toooooo cute! I love the coffee bean and heart shaker pieces!

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  65. Oh fun fun fun!
    Wonderful shaker
    filled with beans
    and hearts and
    goodies!
    Carla from Utah

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  66. great shaker card--love the beans and hearts!

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  67. Adorable shaker card...great creative way to make the coffee spots.

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  68. This is super awesome and love the shaker that you created for this fantastic card - your coloring is amazing and you just really floored me with this card!!!

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  69. Great card. The beans in the shaker are so cute.

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  70. Wow!!! This is just super-creative and fun. Love how you did the coffee rings with your daughter's cup. Brilliant idea! Also, love all the fun things in the shaker!!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  71. This is so creative and fun!! Love the coffee bean shaker bits! - Payel (Beau Monde Designs)

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  72. how clever! :) the sentiment goes perfectly with it

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  73. Oh my gosh this is genius! I love the little coffee beans and hearts in the shaker!

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  74. Amazing! The fact that you had the patience to perfectly cut the shaker elements is beyond amazing. Great card!

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  75. Very cute with the jar as a shaker and the coffee beans inside.

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  76. What an adorable shaker! Love the coffee beans in there!

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  77. What a perfectly fun shaker card...coffee beans and all!

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  78. Adorable shaker card! Love the jar!

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  79. Truly a masterpiece :) Love shaker cards and this one is so unique :)

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  80. very fun shaker card!
    Sandra ltb

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  81. Love this card! The shaker card is a perfect idea with the coffee beans inside!

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  82. This is so cute! & I love how you made REAL "coffee" rings!

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